Gunnison Crested Butte Blog

On this page you'll find seasonal trip reports, travel tips and local stories from the Gunnison Valley. It’s a great place to learn more about our region of Colorado as well as to find inspiration for your next adventure.

Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison, Colorado.

Blue Mesa Reservoir is open for summer 2022

Written on May 26, 2022. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Summer, Visit.

Blue Mesa Reservoir, located just a few miles west of Gunnison on Highway 50, is a scenic Colorado lake with an abundance of recreational opportunities. A few services at Blue Mesa are closed for summer...

A man rides a mountain bike through the aspens in Crested Butte, Colorado.

Who is the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association?

Written on May 26, 2022. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Stewardship, Summer.

Written by Dave Ochs, Crested Butte Mountain Biking Association executive director Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association (CBMBA) was established in 1983 in Gunnison Valley, Colorado, and is the oldest...

JSX Jet Service

Written on May 16, 2022. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Summer, Visit.

Direct flights to Gunnison / Crested Butte, Colorado. JSX is a hop-on jet service that’s faster on the ground, more comfortable in the air, and competitively priced. Honored by the Airline Passenger...

Gravel Biking in Gunnison and Crested Butte

Written on May 13, 2022. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Summer, Visit.

Gunnison and Crested Butte have hundreds of miles of biking, including road biking, mountain biking or gravel biking. Though Crested Butte and Gunnison are known for mountain biking, gravel biking has...

Mountain biking at Hartman Rocks in Gunnison, Colorado.

Intermediate Trails at Hartman Rocks

Written on April 28, 2022. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Summer, Visit.

As you’re planning your spring or summer mountain biking trip to Crested Butte and Gunnison, you’ll undoubtedly hear about how great the bike trails at Hartman Rocks are. Hartman Rocks Recreation Area,...

A man mountain bikes on a dusty trail at Hartman Rocks in Gunnison, Colorado.

Hartman Rocks Opens for 2022 Season

Written on April 5, 2022. Posted in Blog, Home Page Articles, Stewardship, Summer, Visit.

Gunnison Trails announced on April 4 that Hartman Rocks is open to mountain bikers for the 2022 season. Their caption on Instagram read: “Trails and roads north of Powerline Road at HARTMAN ROCKS...

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